Velma Stevens, LCSW

Velma Stevens is a Florida LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief and loss, and anger. She also helps with depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting strains, and self-esteem issues.

Stevens uses straightforward conversation to identify patterns that make daily life harder. She asks specific questions about what is happening and what you want to change. Then she and the client try practical steps that can be measured and adjusted over time.

Her background includes long-term clinical work in community settings and individual counseling. That experience informs a practical style that focuses on what works now. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, and motivational interviewing to shape short-term goals and check progress regularly.

Sessions typically involve noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing new responses, and building small routines that support change. Narrative and solution-focused techniques are used when examining personal stories and finding concrete next steps. The approach emphasizes clear goals, simple experiments, and ongoing review.

People who prefer direct, structured sessions find this approach useful. Stevens helps set realistic tasks between meetings and reviews results together. For anyone thinking about counseling, she recommends a short initial plan and regular progress checks to see what is helping.

Using CBT and practical approaches in online sessions